Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): VUSC U9 Boys Feint (Start Time: 2015-09-15 15:30:00)

Warm up (15 mins)

Organization: 30x30 yd area. 1 ball per player. Adjust space based on numbers.

Instructions: Dribbling. Do not let your ball hit another ball or player.

Coaching Points: Identify 1 v. 1 (space behind defender).

Drive at defender using smaller touches on approach.

Unbalance defender with body movement (Use of body to sell the fake).

Lean to one side dropping your shoulder.

Take the ball away with the outside of the opposite foot with speed.

Progressions: 1. Teach feint technique. 2. Players locate another player with ball, make eye contact and verbal agreement to dribble at each other, use feint skill and dribble away. 3. Take ball away from 3 players and make them defenders. Defender instigates 1 v. 1 situation and attacker uses feint to take ball past defender. Only if attacker uses move too close to defender the defender can steal.

Conditioned game (20 mins)

Organization: 30x30 area. Even teams. 2 moving target players from each team on outside perimeter.

Instructions: "Try to attack and beat a defender 1 v. 1 with feint before you make a pass."

Coaching Points: Identify where space is to attack and take away into space. Distance to defender when using 1 v. 1 move.

Progressions: (1.) Ball per team. Players keep possession within team only. Try to use feint by dribbling at player of other team every time you receive ball. (2). Score points by successfully using skill. (3). Play game. 8 passes and dribble into any of the 4 gates is a point. (3). Replace target players during the flow.